Some appeals will be heard by Goodell on Thursday

|Mitch| · 04-03-2012, 05:56 PM

Originally Posted by RockyMountainSaint

Goodell has sole authority to punish players.

uh oh!

Beastmode · 04-03-2012, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by |Mitch|

uh oh!

And this is the fundamental issue. He's the investigator, sherriff, and judge. Then serves as judge again during an appeal. Entirely too much power for one person under any system of justice. The owners and NFLPA should have a vote at least during an appeal and they should have access to all pertinent information.

73Saint · 04-03-2012, 09:10 PM

Originally Posted by Beastmode

And this is the fundamental issue. He's the investigator, sherriff, and judge. Then serves as judge again during an appeal. Entirely too much power for one person under any system of justice. The owners and NFLPA should have a vote at least during an appeal and they should have access to all pertinent information.

Why didn't this get changed in the recent CBA? Do the owners and NFLPA have that much faith in Goodell? Or was it more of a 'Pick your battles' deal? Just makes me wonder, you would think that would have been changed in the CBA.

Beastmode · 04-04-2012, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by 73Saint

Why didn't this get changed in the recent CBA? Do the owners and NFLPA have that much faith in Goodell? Or was it more of a 'Pick your battles' deal? Just makes me wonder, you would think that would have been changed in the CBA.

I'm assuming that it was not really on the table since most sentences have been more than lenient over the years. In fact they did more to cover incidents up than anything else. You'll have a hard time finding good info when the 49ers cheated the cap and the Pats evidence was all destroyed. How long were they conducting illegal activity? Nobody really knows.

04-03-2012, 05:56 PM	#1
\|Mitch\| 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Alexandria, La Posts: 11,303	Originally Posted by RockyMountainSaint Goodell has sole authority to punish players. uh oh!

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Beastmode 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,126	Originally Posted by \|Mitch\| uh oh! And this is the fundamental issue. He's the investigator, sherriff, and judge. Then serves as judge again during an appeal. Entirely too much power for one person under any system of justice. The owners and NFLPA should have a vote at least during an appeal and they should have access to all pertinent information. saintfan and \|Mitch\| like this.
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73Saint 1000 Posts + Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NOLA Posts: 2,336	Originally Posted by Beastmode And this is the fundamental issue. He's the investigator, sherriff, and judge. Then serves as judge again during an appeal. Entirely too much power for one person under any system of justice. The owners and NFLPA should have a vote at least during an appeal and they should have access to all pertinent information. Why didn't this get changed in the recent CBA? Do the owners and NFLPA have that much faith in Goodell? Or was it more of a 'Pick your battles' deal? Just makes me wonder, you would think that would have been changed in the CBA.

04-04-2012, 03:41 PM	#4
Beastmode 5000 POSTS! + Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 9,126	Originally Posted by 73Saint Why didn't this get changed in the recent CBA? Do the owners and NFLPA have that much faith in Goodell? Or was it more of a 'Pick your battles' deal? Just makes me wonder, you would think that would have been changed in the CBA. I'm assuming that it was not really on the table since most sentences have been more than lenient over the years. In fact they did more to cover incidents up than anything else. You'll have a hard time finding good info when the 49ers cheated the cap and the Pats evidence was all destroyed. How long were they conducting illegal activity? Nobody really knows.
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